Pedestrian critically injured when struck by car in Torrance

TORRANCE - A 33-year-old possibly drunk male pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Torrance on Friday and critically injured, police said.

A black Volkswagen Passat traveling eastbound on Pacific Coast Highway struck the pedestrian, who was walking southbound across Pacific Coast Highway outside the crosswalk at the intersection with Crenshaw Boulevard, said Lt. Stephen D'anjou of the Torrance Police Department Traffic and Special Events Division.

The man "sustained major injuries," D'anjou said, and was taken to a hospital where he remains in critical condition.

"A preliminary investigation revealed that alcohol may be a factor in this collision and that the pedestrian may have been impaired," D'anjou said.

The crash occurred around noon. Eastbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway were closed from Crenshaw Boulevard for about two hours during the investigation, D'anjou said.